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Title: Simulating the density of organic species in the atmosphere of Titan with a coupled ion-neutral photochemical model

Journal Article · · Icarus

We introduce a one-dimensional coupled ion-neutral photochemical kinetics and diffusion model to study the atmospheric composition of Titan in light of new theoretical kinetics calculations and scientific findings from the Cassini–Huygens mission. The model extends from the surface to the exobase. The atmospheric background, boundary conditions, vertical transport and aerosol opacity are all constrained by the Cassini–Huygens observations. The chemical network includes reactions between hydrocarbons, nitrogen and oxygen bearing species. It takes into account neutrals and both positive and negative ions with masses extending up to 116 and 74 u, respectively. We incorporate high-resolution isotopic photoabsorption and photodissociation cross sections for N2 as well as new photodissociation branching ratios for CH4 and C2H2. Ab initio transition state theory calculations are performed in order to estimate the rate coefficients and products for critical reactions. Critical reactions of production and loss for neutrals and ions are quantitatively assessed and thoroughly discussed. The vertical distributions of neutrals and ions predicted by the model generally reproduce observational data, suggesting that for the small species most chemical processes in Titan’s atmosphere and ionosphere are adequately described and understood; some differences are highlighted. Notable remaining issues include (i) the total positive ion density (essentially HCNH+) in the upper ionosphere, (ii) the low mass negative ion densities (CN-, C3N-/C4H-) in the upper atmosphere, and (iii) the minor oxygen-bearing species (CO2, H2O) density in the stratosphere. Pathways towards complex molecules and the impact of aerosols (UV shielding, atomic and molecular hydrogen budget, nitriles heterogeneous chemistry and condensation) are evaluated in the model, along with lifetimes and solar cycle variations.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; French space agency (CNES); NASA Planetary Atmospheres Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1530387
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1775832
Journal Information:
Icarus, Vol. 324, Issue C; ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 91 works
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REACTIONS OF COLD TRAPPED CH + IONS WITH SLOW H ATOMS journal August 2011
Production of neutral species in Titan’s ionosphere through dissociative recombination of ions journal May 2012
A fifth-order perturbation comparison of electron correlation theories journal May 1989
Gas phase reaction rates of N + 2 with CH 4 , O 2 , and n ‐H 2 at very low temperatures journal January 1991
Absolute cross sections for dissociative electron attachment to NH3 and CH4 journal November 2008
The dissociative recombination of hydrocarbon ions. III. Methyl-substituted benzene ring compounds journal August 2000
Herschel /PACS spectroscopy of trace gases of the stratosphere of Titan journal December 2013
Energetics of Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data: ENERGETICS OF TITAN'S IONOSPHERE journal September 2011
Structure of Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data journal December 2009
Photofragment Translational Spectroscopy of 1,3-Butadiene and 1,3-Butadiene-1,1,4,4- d 4 at 193 nm journal August 2002
Propane on Titan journal October 2003
Reactions of He+ and N+ ions with several molecules at 8 K journal January 1985
Mass-selected ion–molecule reactions at very low temperatures. The CRESUS apparatus journal January 1989
Influence of local ionization on ionospheric densities in Titan's upper atmosphere: LOCAL IONIZATION AT TITAN journal July 2015
Ionization yields, total absorption, and dissociative photoionization cross sections of CH 4 from 110 to 950 Å journal June 1989
Total and dissociative photoionization cross sections of N 2 from threshold to 107 eV journal June 1987
Critically evaluated rate constants for gaseous reactions of several electronically excited species journal July 1979
13C and 15N fractionation of CH4/N2 mixtures during photochemical aerosol formation: Relevance to Titan journal May 2016
Photochemistry of Cyanoacetylene at 193.3 nm journal January 1996
Photochemistry of acetylene at 193.3 nm journal May 1993
The role of organic haze in Titan's atmospheric chemistry journal March 2008
The role of organic haze in Titan's atmospheric chemistry journal March 2008
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Dissociative Recombination of HCNH + : Absolute Cross‐Sections and Branching Ratios journal August 2001
Isotope Effects in Dissociative Attachment of Electrons in Methane journal February 1967
A study of the absolute photoabsorption cross section and the photionization quantum efficiency of nitrogen from the ionization threshold to 485 Å journal October 1992
Ion and aerosol precursor densities in Titan's ionosphere: A multi-instrument case study: ION AND AEROSOL PRECURSOR DENSITIES IN TITAN's IONOSPHERE journal October 2016
Negative ion densities in the ionosphere of Titan–Cassini RPWS/LP results journal August 2013
Potential energy surfaces and branching ratio of the dissociative recombination reaction HCNH++e−: An ab initio molecular orbital study journal January 1998
The role of ion-neutral collisions in Titan׳s magnetospheric interaction journal April 2015
H elimination and metastable lifetimes in the UV photoexcitation of diacetylene journal August 2008
UV Photodissociation of Cyanoacetylene: A Combined Ion Imaging and Theoretical Investigation journal July 2009
A laboratory study of the reactions of N+, N2+, N3+, N4+, O+, O2+, and NO+ ions with several molecules at 300 K journal January 1978
The temperature-dependence of rapid low temperature reactions: experiment, understanding and prediction journal January 2006
The temperature dependent absorption cross sections of C4H2 at mid ultraviolet wavelengths journal October 1998
Modeling of methane photolysis in the reducing atmospheres of the outer solar system journal January 1999
Solar–Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment II (Solstice II): Examination of the Solar–Stellar Comparison Technique journal August 2005
Formation of Gas-Phase Glycine and Cyanoacetylene via Associative Detachment Reactions journal December 2009
Energy deposition and ion production from thermal oxygen ion precipitation during Cassini’s T57 flyby journal May 2018
Auroral electron precipitation and flux tube erosion in Titan’s upper atmosphere journal September 2013
Mass spectrometric study of three-body ion-molecule clustering reactions of CpHq+ ions with N2 or CH4 in N2CH4 mixtures journal January 1995
Chemical processes in astrophysical radiation fields journal January 1998
Reactions of N+ and N2+ with several cyclic molecules studied using a selected ion flow tube journal April 2009
Molecular nitrogen and methane density retrievals from Cassini UVIS dayglow observations of Titan’s upper atmosphere journal February 2015
The photochemistry of hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Titan journal April 1974
Molecular hydrogen in Titan’s atmosphere: Implications of the measured tropospheric and thermospheric mole fractions journal August 2010
Titan's hydrodynamically escaping atmosphere journal February 2008
Potential energy surfaces for the electronic dissociative recombination of HCNH+: astrophysical implications on the HCN/HNC abundance ratio journal May 1998
Titan's stratospheric C2N2, C3H4, and C4H2 abundances from Cassini/CIRS far-infrared spectra journal August 2009
Mapping Titan's HCN in the far infra-red: implications for photochemistry journal January 2010
Global and temporal variations in hydrocarbons and nitriles in Titan's stratosphere for northern winter observed by Cassini/CIRS journal February 2008
Constraints on Titan's middle atmosphere ammonia abundance from Herschel/SPIRE sub-millimetre spectra journal January 2013
Active upper-atmosphere chemistry and dynamics from polar circulation reversal on Titan journal November 2012
Titan's winter polar vortex structure revealed by chemical tracers journal January 2008
Latitudinal variations of HCN, HC3N, and C2N2 in Titan's stratosphere derived from Cassini CIRS data journal March 2006
A Revised Sensitivity Model for Cassini INMS: Results at Titan journal January 2015
The possibility of nitrogen isotopic fractionation in interstellar clouds journal September 2000
Dissociative Recombination of CH 4 + journal March 2013
A study of the reactions of the ground and metastable states of C+, N+, S+ and N2+ at 300 K journal March 1979
Episodic outgassing as the origin of atmospheric methane on Titan journal March 2006
A model of Titan's aerosols based on measurements made inside the atmosphere journal April 2008
Rain, winds and haze during the Huygens probe's descent to Titan's surface journal November 2005
Photochemical Modeling of Titan's Atmosphere journal January 1995
Predictive possibilities of unimolecular rate theory journal January 1979
Theory of Thermal Unimolecular Reactions in the Fall-off Range. I. Strong Collision Rate Constants journal February 1983
Current Status of Transition-State Theory journal January 1996
Examining the exobase approximation: DSMC models of Titan's upper atmosphere journal July 2016
Ion-molecule clustering reactions of HCNH+ ion with N2 and/or CH4 in N2CH4 mixtures journal November 1997
Clustering reactions of HCNH+, HCNH+(N2) and HCNH+(CH4) with ethane: application to Titan atmosphere journal February 2000
Kinetics of C2H radical reactions with ethene, propene and 1-butene measured in a pulsed Laval nozzle apparatus at T=103 and 296 K journal November 2001
Kinetics of reactions of C2H radical with acetylene, O2, methylacetylene, and allene in a pulsed Laval nozzle apparatus at T=103K journal August 2001
Increasing Positive ion Number Densities Below the peak of Ion-Electron pair Production in Titan'S Ionosphere journal April 2014
On the thermal electron balance in Titan’s sunlit upper atmosphere journal March 2013
Ionization balance in Titan’s nightside ionosphere journal March 2015
THE DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION OF PROTONATED ACRYLONITRILE, CH 2 CHCNH + , WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE NITRILE CHEMISTRY IN DARK MOLECULAR CLOUDS AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF TITAN journal March 2009
DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION OF PROTONATED PROPIONITRILE, CH 3 CH 2 CNH + : IMPLICATIONS FOR TITAN'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE journal September 2010
Dissociative recombination of the acetaldehyde cation, CH3CHO+ journal January 2010
Dissociative recombination of fully deuterated protonated acetonitrile, CD3CND+: product branching fractions, absolute cross section and thermal rate coefficient journal January 2008
Dissociative recombination of nitrile ions with implications for Titan's upper atmosphere journal January 2012
REASSESSMENT OF THE DISSOCIATIVE RECOMBINATION OF N 2 H + AT CRYRING journal September 2012
Vertical abundance profiles of hydrocarbons in Titan's atmosphere at 15° S and 80° N retrieved from Cassini/CIRS spectra journal May 2007
The Titan 14N/15N and 12C/13C isotopic ratios in HCN from Cassini/CIRS journal November 2007
Analysis of Cassini/CIRS limb spectra of Titan acquired during the nominal mission journal February 2010
Experimental and theoretical study of hydrocarbon photochemistry applied to Titan stratosphere journal November 2006
Negative ion chemistry in Titan's upper atmosphere journal November 2009
The Nitrogen Chemistry of Titan's Upper Atmosphere Revealed journal August 2006
Formation and distribution of benzene on Titan journal January 2008
Rapid Association Reactions at low Pressure: Impact on the Formation of Hydrocarbons on Titan journal December 2011
Ion chemistry and N-containing molecules in Titan's upper atmosphere journal November 2007
Cassini Measurements of Cold Plasma in the Ionosphere of Titan journal May 2005
Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer Results from the First Flyby of Titan journal May 2005
The Process of Tholin Formation in Titan's Upper Atmosphere journal May 2007
A Kinetic Database for Astrochemistry (Kida) journal March 2012
The 2014 kida Network for Interstellar Chemistry journal March 2015
The Effects of Molecular Anions on the Chemistry of dark Clouds journal July 2009
Calculations of Rate Coefficients for the Chemically Activated Reactions of Acetylene with Vinylic and Aromatic Radicals journal November 1994
Cassini CAPS-ELS observations of negative ions in Titan's ionosphere: Trends of density with altitude: NEGATIVE ION ALTITUDE TRENDS AT TITAN journal September 2013
Observed decline in Titan's thermospheric methane due to solar cycle drivers: Solar Cycle Effect on Titan's Atmosphere journal October 2014
Titan's ionospheric composition and structure: Photochemical modeling of Cassini INMS data: TITAN'S ION COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE journal January 2012
Improved Critical Compilations of Selected Atomic Transition Probabilities for Neutral and Singly Ionized Carbon and Nitrogen journal December 2007
Photodissociation of vinyl cyanide at 193 nm: Nascent product distributions of the molecular elimination channels journal January 2009
A new Astrobiological Model of the Atmosphere of Titan journal September 2016
Sensitivity studies of methane photolysis and its impact on hydrocarbon chemistry in the atmosphere of Titan journal August 2000
Chemical sources of haze formation in Titan's atmosphere journal December 2003
Current state of modeling the photochemistry of Titan's mutually dependent atmosphere and ionosphere journal January 2004
Mechanisms for the formation of benzene in the atmosphere of Titan: FORMATION OF BENZENE IN TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE journal February 2003
Evolution of CO on Titan journal February 2002
Solar EUV Experiment (SEE): Mission overview and first results journal January 2005
Quantum Chemical Predictions of the Properties of Known and Postulated Neutral Interstellar Molecules journal November 2009
ABSOLUTE INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS AND PRODUCT BRANCHING RATIOS FOR THE VIBRATIONALLY SELECTED ION-MOLECULE REACTIONS: N$_{2}^{+}$( X 2 Σ$_{\rm g}^{+}$; v + = 0-2) + CH 4 journal May 2013
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Reactions Between h Atoms and Nitrogen-Containing Carbanions journal August 2011
Methane escape from Titan's atmosphere journal January 2008
Formation of NH3 and CH2NH in Titan's upper atmosphere journal January 2010
Photochemistry of the atmosphere of Titan - Comparison between model and observations journal June 1984
Reactivity of C 2 H 5 + with Benzene: Formation of Ethylbenzenium Ions and Implications for Titan’s Ionospheric Chemistry journal July 2009
Dynamics of Formation of Products D 2 CN + , DCN + , and CD 3 + in the Reaction of N + with CD 4 : A Crossed-Beam and Theoretical Study journal October 2009
A crossed molecular beams study of the reaction of the ethynyl radical (C2H(X2Σ+)) with allene (H2CCCH2(X1A1)) journal January 2009
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